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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
500 cal/day
protein
one tspn salt or less
2. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
antioxidant - immune function
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
3. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
transferrin
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
atrophy or wasting of muscle
18-25
4. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
rickets - osteomalacia
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
5. What does DASH stand for?
18-25
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
dietary approach to stop hypertension
albumin levels
6. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
cream cheese - cream or butter
can consume more calories without weight gain
B and C
7. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
pregnant women or elderly
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
prealbumin levels
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
8. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
apple is higher risk than a pear
vitamin K
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
protein
9. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemoglobin
atrophy or wasting of muscle
10. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
can consume more calories without weight gain
rickets - osteomalacia
protein
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
11. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
starches - sugars - and cellulose
decrease in total lymphocyte count
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
12. What is the function of vitamin E?
500 cal/day
antioxidant - immune function
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
13. What is normal BMI?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
18-25
fat soluble vitamins
dark green - orange - drybeans
14. What is RDA of protein?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
15. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
protein
dark green - orange - drybeans
pregnant women or elderly
16. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
protein
17. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
dark green - orange - drybeans
18. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3 cups
2 cups
apple is higher risk than a pear
19. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
20. What is the function of vitamin C?
2 cups
antioxidant - immune function
vitamin K
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
21. The higher the BMR a client has --
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fat soluble vitamins
can consume more calories without weight gain
starches - sugars - and cellulose
22. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
300 cal/day increase
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
dairy and fortified foods
23. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
dark green - orange - drybeans
5.5 ounces/day
protein
24. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
protein
pregnant women or elderly
TPN total parenteral nutrition
25. When does BMR increase?
cream cheese - cream or butter
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
6 oz. a day
26. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
transferrin
fats
protein
27. What function is vitamin A?
vitamin K
500 cal/day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
28. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
protein and fat
2.5 cups
essential amino acids
milk - enriched grains
29. What type of people need extra protein?
albumin levels
B and C
decrease in total lymphocyte count
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
30. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
carrots and sweet potatoes
prealbumin levels
vitamin K
31. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
dark green - orange - drybeans
review of systems
low albumin levels < 3.4
5.5 ounces/day
32. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
4 calories/gram
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
33. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
pregnant women or elderly
dairy and fortified foods
34. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
albumin levels
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
hemoglobin
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
35. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
starches - sugars - and cellulose
36. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
pregnant women or elderly
transferrin
milk - enriched grains
37. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
protein
fat soluble vitamins
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
2 cups
38. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
decrease in total lymphocyte count
39. Fats can lead to some medical problems
300 cal/day increase
trans fatty acid
6 oz. a day
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
40. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
dark green - orange - drybeans
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
liver and intestinal synthesis
41. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
cream cheese - cream or butter
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
review of systems
42. What is normal albumin levels?
hemoglobin
protein
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
milk - enriched grains
43. What are healthy sources of fats?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
day week or month
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
44. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
TPN total parenteral nutrition
one tspn salt or less
diet recall
45. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
dairy and fortified foods
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
fats
46. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
500 cal/day
essential amino acids
diet recall
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
47. What foods have high quality protein?
hemorrhage
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
transferrin
48. What function is vitamin D?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
one week period
49. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
vitamin C - citrus fruits
dark green - orange - drybeans
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
50. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
dark green - orange - drybeans
decrease in total lymphocyte count
trans fatty acid
liver and intestinal synthesis